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Of Resilient Regimes and the Search for Security in Asia
Asia: 46 countries, 4 billion people
Questions:• 1.What has been unfolding recently that is
altering Asia’s ties? • 2. What is at the heart of the disputes? • 3. What implications do altered ties have for the
region and the world? • 4. What recommendations are required in order
to maintain peace and security in the region? • 5. How will that affect Asia’s economic
recovery?
Some Critical Peace and Security Challenges for Asia
• Border disputes• Ultra-nationalism• Terrorism• Maritime Piracy• North Korean Nuclear Weapons Program• Refugees• Achieving Political Liberalism and Minority
Rights
Regimes: defined as “a set of mutual expectations, rules and regulations, plans, organizational energies and financial
commitments, which have been accepted by a group of states”
ASEAN faces “hard” issues
• 1. Border Disputes
• 2. South China Sea
• 3. Myanmar
• ASEAN should perhaps be more modest in its objectives. OR
• If ASEAN states are serious about creating a viable security community in Southeast Asia, they need to take action now—but only at a level which is realistic for the different types of governments that are part of ASEAN.
Recommendations:
Resolving 3 “hard” issues
• Gentle pressing of Myanmar toward improved Human Rights
• ASEAN should prioritize demarcation of boundaries of all ASEAN member states.
• Create a ASEAN cross-border dispute resolution mechanism which is more than a paper tiger.
• Keep the conflicts under the arbitration of ASEAN.• ASEAN states should stand united in the face of China.• Joint administration of the atolls and islands in the
South China Sea.
A Sturdy ASEAN can increasingly stabilize Asia--
Because ECONOMIC RECOVERY NECESSITATES INTENSIFIED COOPERATION